It’s May 1st today, but I’m already behind more than two weeks with the flowers – and there are still a lot left from last year. But I’ll just keep posting – that way there will never be nothing to post! :-)

This is the last of the Cologne photos – a view from inside the main railway station hall with the iconic 4711 ad in the background, which was unfortunately covered over for some renovation work. I took this photo just seconds before I was going into the train at the right.

The weather is rather un-springlike at the moment, but the trees are still getting pretty green. Here’s an update of the maple in front of our balconies – it only took a couple of days to get this green.